The Rideau Canal centre stage with the former Ottawa Union Station, now the Ottawa Conference Centre, centre right (arches) with the towers of the Chateau Laurier Hotel behind. Centre left the Canadian Parliament Buildings.
The scene is bracketed by lesser and more modern architectural renderings.

This fence or wall extends for hundreds of meters on both sides of the Scharven Lake road and could be close to two kilometres long. This section of the original 1890s fence has been rebuilt but most of the structure is in disrepair and sections are barely visible.